Crumpled City Maps are the best light, compact, strong, waterproof travel maps. They can just be crumpled between uses and don't need meticulous folding like standard maps. Nor do they flatten the battery like a Smartphone app. And they make an excellent showercap, rain hat, picnic mat/tablecloth and hold-all (when tied up).

Crumpled City Maps also have a historical precedent - Escape Maps. In WWII, Waddington (the Monopoly Board Game people) used to print maps on silk to allow Allied soldiers to escape to freedom. Closer to home, the great Jack Sue and his Z Force dive colleagues were issued with silk maps when working behind lines into WW2. Your overseas adventures may not be quite as life and death, but Mr Pizzolorusso's maps can still save you from a lot of bother.

Maps for select international capitals currently available - with more to come. Each comes in its own little drawstring pouch, and is neatly gift boxed. Unfolded dimensions :87cm x 58cm ;Weight = 21gm